11-letter words containing s, t, a, l
- anastylosis — the restoration of a ruined monument or building by reassembling fallen parts and, when necessary, incorporating newmaterials.
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- ancestrally — Pertaining to ancestry.
- angioplasty — a surgical technique for restoring normal blood flow through an artery narrowed or blocked by atherosclerosis, either by inserting a balloon into the narrowed section and inflating it or by using a laser beam
- animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
- anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
- ankle strap — a strap attached at the back of a shoe that goes round the ankle
- annihilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annihilate.
- annulations — Plural form of annulation.
- anomalistic — tending to be anomalous
- antepenults — Plural form of antepenult.
- anthologies — Plural form of anthology.
- anthologise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologist — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- antibilious — of a nature that can be used to counter biliousness
- antiblastic — antagonistic to growth.
- anticlastic — (of a surface) having a curvature, at a given point and in a particular direction, that is of the opposite sign to the curvature at that point in a perpendicular direction
- antielitism — the state of being opposed to elitism
- antielitist — against elitism, populist
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antileptons — Plural form of antilepton.
- antimissile — relating to defensive measures against missile attack
- antimusical — opposed to musical conventions
- antiplastic — allaying or preventing the growth of new tissue.
- antirealism — the denial of an objective reality
- antirealist — relating to antirealism
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- aortoclasia — rupture of the aorta.
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolates — Plural form of apostolate.
- apostolical — Apostolic.
- applescript — (language) An object-oriented shell language for the Macintosh, approximately a superset of HyperTalk.
- applicators — Plural form of applicator.
- aquarellist — (arts) An artist who paints aquarelles.
- arctic seal — rabbit fur that has been sheared and dyed to simulate sealskin.
- aristoteles — a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- arkeologist — Someone who studies the story of Noah's Ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it.
- arm-wrestle — (of two people) to sit facing each other with the elbows resting on a table and clasping hands with each other, each trying to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his or her own elbow touching the table
- arms-length — not closely or intimately connected or associated; distant; remote: an arm's-length relationship.
- arrestingly — attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.
- arthralgias — Plural form of arthralgia.
- articulates — Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
- artilleries — Plural form of artillery.
- artillerist — a person who uses or is a member of the artillery